All Events | Starting Friday, October 18, 2013

Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! Rodgers and Hammerstein's first collaboration, which tells the story of cowboy Curly McLain and his romance with strong-willed farm girl Laurey Williams, has enchanted audiences since its first production in 1943. It features unforgettable songs such as "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" and "People Will Say We’re in Love." The 1955 film version starred Shirley Jones and won three Academy Awards. Jones' son, Broadway and TV actor Patrick Cassidy.10/18/2013

Jim Cunningham - 16th Annual St. Andrew's Lecture Jim Cunningham is Artistic Director of Classical WQED-FM 89.3, Host of the QED Morning Show and PItssburgh Symphony Radio broadcasts, as well as a leader in the Southwestern Pennsylvania arts community. He will share his experiences from the most recent Pittsburgh Symphony tour of Europe.10/18/2013

Organ dedication The new organ was designed and built by Al Sterner and Walker Technical, and voiced by Bob Walker. Dr. Jason Keefer will play works by Bach, Elgar, Franck, Mendelssohn, Vierne, and others. An organ demonstration will feature Dr. Keefer and St. Joseph's music director, Emily Lapisardi. 10/18/2013

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown Greensburg Civic Theatre opens its 62nd season with this delightful musical that won a Drama Desk awards for Best Revival of a Musical. The revised 1999 version adds two new songs, Beethoven Day and My New Philosophy. Mike Crosby stars as Charlie Brown. Rob MacIntyre directs.10/18/2013

Zero Cost House Zero Cost House is a collaboration between Philadelphia's Pig Iron Theatre Company and acclaimed Japanese playwright Toshiki Okada. Awkward, personal, and idiosyncratic, this is Okada’s most autobiographical work, and his first work created for an English-speaking theatre company. It's a meditation on how Thoreau's Walden changed Okada's life; on the disruptions and re-imaginings that accompany a national disaster; and on the uneasy compromises between radical idealism and contemporary living.10/18/2013

Chamber Music Goes Downtown LRCMP presents a diverse range of works for oboe, voice, piano and piano four-hands by Chopin, Telemann, Reza Vali, Carlos Guastavino and others in the black box theater at CAPA. A reception follows the concert.10/19/2013

Feed Your Appetite for Music The East Winds Symphonic Band's annual concert that benefits Squirrel Hill Community Food Pantry. The program features a variety of light classics, Broadway, and patriotic music. It's a free concert, but donations of non-perishable food items or cash are appreciated.10/19/2013

Every Voice Benefit concert Daphne Alderson sings the great ballads of Edith Piaf and Leonard Cohen to benefit the Pittsburgh School for the Choral Arts. Tickets include hors d'oeuvres, wine, desserts, and there will be a silent auction.10/19/2013

Kirsten Taylor Pianist Kirsten Taylor, whose playing the New York Times described as "varied, colorful, and impressive," will play the Sonata #1 by Johannes Brahms and the Ballade #4 by Chopin.10/20/2013

Theatreworks USA's Peter Pan This live stage production of Peter Pan is based on John Caird and Trevor Nunn's adaptation of "Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up," developed for London's Royal Shakespeare Company in 1982. In the spirit of the original tale, Theatreworks USA tells the story through the eyes of a group of children who are living in Edwardian England, and decide on Peter Pan for that evening's play-acting. (60 minutes. Ages 3-10)10/20/2013

Ian Frazier Ian Frazier is one of the true humorists of literary fiction. His latest novel features the Cursing Mommy, the beleaguered wife and mother from Frazier's regular essays in the New Yorker. She's endearing, diabolical, and hilarious--and so is Ian Frazier.10/21/2013

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